CVE-2021-23159

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function lsx_read_w_buf() in formats_i.c file. The vulnerability is exploitable with a crafted file, that could cause an application to crash.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published8/25/2022

Last Modified6/27/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120CWE-787

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671(secalert@redhat.com)

https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159(secalert@redhat.com)

https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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